fast-thinning ranks of the Blue and the Gray to Gettysburg in final reunion. H. G. Wells, noted authority, classes Abraham Lincoln, the central figure of that great drama, among the first six men of the world's history. If that be true, no excuse need be offered to record in the annals of this Society

ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S CONNECTIONS WITH LANCASTER AND ITS CITIZENS AN ADDRESS, DELIVERED AT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, HELD ON FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9TH, 1934, TO COMMEMORATE THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF LINCOLN'S BIRTH BY C. H. MARTIN O N the recognition of the 125th

succeeding issue of the Lancaster Journal, dated Friday, March 1st, 1822, contained an announcement that a meeting of the society would be held on Wednesday, March 6th, at the house of Christian Smith. How long the society continued to exist and who were the officers and members of it is not now definitely

, Lancaster boasted of a bathing establishment, operated for the benefit of the public, and had on sale "bathing machines," as is evident from the following advertisement, which appeared in the Lancaster Journal of Friday, April 5th, 1833: "BATHING ROOMS. "The subscriber respectfully informs the public in

The American Society of Lancaster County for the Promotion of Domestic Manufactures and National Industry. By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER The Lancaster Journal of Friday, February 28th, 1817, con- tained the following notice : "The citizens of the borough of Lancaster, and gentlemen from the country